1655_Walking_to_Emmaus_Rembrandt.txt

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669
Walking to Emmaus

pen drawing (17 × 22 cm) — ca. 1655
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

This work is linked to Luke 24:15

On their way to the village of Emmaus two of Jesus' students talk about the events of the past days. They are joined by their master, whom they do not recognize.

Rembrandt also depicted the Supper at Emmaus, when the students finally see whom they have been talking with all day.

    * Walking to Emmaus
    * Supper at Emmaus (1628)
    * Supper at Emmaus (1648)
    * Supper at Emmaus (1648)
    * The disappearance from Emmaus